this is r.t. tonight seven more foreign hostages are reportedly killed in algeria is the military carries out the final botched attempt to free the remaining captives from islamic terrorism will bring it up to speed with the latest. david cameron's accused of fudging the e.u. issue with political rivals seizing an extract of his address on britain's future of the union which they say threatens the country's democracy covering that story to tonight and the bolshoi theatre is artistic director successfully undergoes the first operation to try to save his eyesight after an acid attack it's being linked to his profession.

they're very good even shoot kevin owen here at the r.t. new center tonight our top story at nine pm moscow time the hostage crisis in algeria has apparently ended after four days but with further loss of life seven foreign civilians and eleven islamic terrorists were reportedly killed when the military launched an audacious final raid to free the hostages held at a gas plant some are still unaccounted for tonight the militants say they took the captives in revenge for the french intervention in neighboring mali artie's polyploidy reports from paris. what we have heard and the reports flying about that a number of the civilian hostages were executed by the islamic militants that were holding them hostage at the gas plant it's a very remote area where the gas plant is located so that's why the details are so

hard to come by but from what we've also heard that the algerian army then in turn killed a number of the islamic militants so we've got an increasing amount of it looks like a dead civilian hostage is a very tragic turn of events it's a siege that actually has been going on since thursday it's been a standoff between the algerian army and the islamic militants who are trying to occupy this plant and. among the civilian hostages we know that there were bread americans japanese citizens no french citizens from what we know so the hostage takers have the hostage takers have said all along that this is a retaliation for the french intervention in mali now we've even heard one jihadist leader say that france is quote open the gates of hell unquote so it's a very worrying escalation to what started off as a military intervention just over

a week ago the french government reportedly the french government ostensibly just responding to the mali government's request for help in driving out the islamic militants from the north of the country so it's definitely escalating a sense of unease definitely growing in france and looks like public opinion could really shift in relation to the mali intervention it's all come on the streets of paris with an escalating military intervention in mali and an algerian hostage crisis in response to it french public opinion is predicted to turn against francois hollande pledged to help the mali government once he's really here but the enormity of what they may be taking on in mali. there may be a lot of questions then asked about his judgment and a lot of people who are supposedly supporting him now or may very quickly turn around and criticize it's already beginning to happen we've spoken to provisions

here who lament the fact that they weren't told in advance that the military offensive was set to take place meanwhile voices in the french media complain of a war with no pictures they say that there's a media blackout and accuse the government of making it intentional that journalists are bracing for him is that. we have no. recourse or information from. the day after this really started for most of all to when you see what's happening with what has happened in iraq or in afghanistan surely if you will if you spread to the region and if he lasts long it's going to be a problem comparisons already being made to the usa as experience in iraq and afghanistan conflicts that were initially supported at home out of a sense of patriotism and support for the troops but it turned into lengthy and costly and deeply unpopular wars at home now is this mission creep and it becomes

only driving on the terrorists as some ministers and even themselves seem to be saying. that it's going to be a failure because you cannot drive out all the terrorists. and many soldiers die and there are attacks in paris when public opinion will shift the way it has done for other wars either was started by france or was started by them by the u.s. nevertheless french president francois hollande remains committed to the french military offensive in mali making grand statements that the french intervention won't tens until a legitimate authority in the country is restored but many french people are beginning to wonder. it's just how long that might take and out what cost playboy k. t. paris was his more reaction now go live to london adam elliot cooper's there is the associate editor of cease fire magazine and doctoral candidate at university orks

for does well serve pleasure to have you on the program and thanks for being with us a lot to talk about here of course the main headline it looks like it looks like i say at the moment at least that the hostage crisis in algeria is over after four days nonetheless they've certainly been a lot of civilian casualties there are no french casualties but the countries that came in to help from some bolster the the french presence there have received casualties i wonder how that news is going to go down in those countries tonight. but of course it's tragic news that there are any casualties at all but i think that the first the most important thing to remember is that france's allies did support them an enormous amount in the invasion of mali and they're very much familiar of the risks of foreign invasions both the united states and britain have engaged of course as we know in iraq afghanistan and in many other conflicts but i think it likely reaction is likely to be similar to the kind of terrorist atrocities that we saw in nine eleven or seven seven where they're very often used as a way to legitimize further aggressive foreign policy in other countries such as as

i said iraq afghanistan and other countries in the region i would have the public backing as well as flares up again saying that's couple of days in algeria would be what would the public back in these various countries including france still be there. i think that the buy in which a lot of these situations are often exploited by governments means that it creates an environment of fear and fear is that exploited in a manner which enables them to legitimize further foreign policy kind of endeavors in other countries in the name of the so-called global war on terror so unfortunate that the countries like the power to be split between the kind of the people who realize that more aggressive foreign policy is going to lead to more terrorist atrocities and those who. are who perhaps are responding more to the kind of mainstream media and the government government narrative that believe that every terrorist or every tendril terrorist on the entire planet can be can be neutralized

through this so-called war on terror i wonder what next about him is the most noted threatening to unleash as they put it hell on france rhetoric all reality do you think. well as we've seen with the seven seven bombings for instance in london the these bombings the videos made by the bombers before the the atrocities took place . stipulated and specifically the invasions of iraq afghanistan and what have you as reasons for these terrorist attacks. for them. all france has actually increased its internal security just before the invasion of mali as well so we know that they're also expound on some kind of alert in terms of the likelihood of a terrorist attack the crisis in mali is but escalating since it began a year ago the government asked france to step in then is paris expecting anything in return for this military assistance well i think it's important to remember that although the mali and government arsed fronts the step in the region which they're invading is

a region which is occupied by the two or it people who don't really see themselves as citizens of mali necessarily they occupy space is on the borders of algeria and libya niger as well as mali and i think the money government inviting france in to help deal with them is not dissimilar to the way in which that on the state asked us assistance to deal with the kurds i think the response that sponsored we hoped for probably be something along the lines of number one. increase military presence in the region france has likes to have a lot of military presence in its former colonies far more than britain and i think the second thing would be favorable terms of trade oil and natural resources well we just got a minute which is one of our few final thirty second question we can all say i guess number of gas they say one why is france getting involved in mali why is it so interested in mali is there any connection here with the uranium we've got big uranium reserves france is obviously it just begs the question is approaches the question from his head very heavily reliant on nuclear for its energy is it trying

to protect its maybe future reserves future in which i mean this is highly likely i think it's highly likely you radio is france's oil and many people say it's a huge part of it's a huge factor in its economy and it's something that not only mali but specifically niger and other neighboring parts where the tourist people reside. do sits on top of. how about it cooper pleasured over the program thanks for being on r.t. international and he. camera views the hostage crisis in algeria to delay is announcement on britain's future role within the e.u. according to the leader of the u.k. independence party nigel farage was picked up on it this after the pm was forced to cancel friday's speech on the issue of first caught up with the u.k. pleaded to discuss the released extracts from the would be address. due to the ongoing hostage crisis in algeria involving a number of british nationals amongst others the prime minister had to place

playing that long awaited for speech on europe but nonetheless some extracts of what he was expected to say in that speech have been revealed to us more about that we're outside you are a powerhouse in london to talk to the leader of the u.k. independence party nigel farage the party that says we're better off out the. some of the excerpts that reveal quite a positive thing to that did that surprise you well positive in the sense of you know he's using euro skeptic language to pursue you you're a far agenda she exactly what harold wilson did forty years ago this speech is happening because of the rise of you get on the rise of you could has led to massive discontent on the back benches in the house of commons and amongst the conservative party in the whole country that's what he's responding to so that's why he talked tough and says we must renegotiate but the reality of what he says if you read the subtext is that the e.u. is very good for us but it serves our interests and i promise i promise god to do my best over the next five years to do everything i can to keep britain

a member of that you view this issue is a key constitutional issue it isn't even about economics it's about who governs britain it's about are we dependent nation as a democracy and determine their own future or not and i want to referendum now promise ok i want to ask either there's a lot of concern that if a person left the this is massively affect our relationships our trade relationships certainly have a hit on the economy as a result of that what do you say to those concerns a classic scare tactics always employed by the status quo whether they're defending slavery for the called laws or e.u. membership you know transparently body with a whole series of shocks you know three million british jobs would be lost if we left the european union really really we import massively more from the e.u. than we sell to them would mislead is stop selling cars. we have the e.u. well i think we're all about the also about the new thing the person should be looking to trade outside the well you know what i'm saying is this that europe is

aging europe as a percentage of the world economy is now below a fifth quite sharply it is gripped by eurozone crisis which is likely because of their fanaticism to keep it together to last for up to a decade and yeah ok europe is thirty percent of our overseas exports and it's an important market place but the rest of the world is more important to us. because we're stuck inside this old fashioned nineteenth century concept of a customs union we cannot make our own trade deals anywhere else in the world let's have a free trade deal with europe like the swiss do and that's reengage with the rest of the world we've always see this latest postponement to take understandable reasons but i've seen you seen a number of delays already what do you think about that the fact that this is such a huge issue and we just had a. you know i've been waiting for years for this speech another couple weeks doesn't matter too much thank you very much for joining us nigel for us in a clear information about when exactly that big speech on europe will be delivered

this submarine is that it could be as early as next week and of course the latest place payment making that big speech on europe no less controversial. more news to come from britain as well only this time it's child labor and the sex trade human trafficking is on the rise in the u.k. government efforts to stamp out the exploitation of immigrants. this break. with. science technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got the future covered. what makes life complete. and the happy family. or self-expression.

that seems so true. mission. critical free. free. free free. free. free. free broadcast quality video for your media project free media to our teeth on tom . and again the artistic director of the a story bolshoi theater successfully undergone an initial operation to try to save his sight after that gruesome acid attack in central moscow the doctors say it's still too early to predict whether sort of a feeling will fully manage to regain his vision latest on the story now from

marty's mood in a coach never. doctors say the surrogate burning is in a satisfactory condition and currently he is that one of moscow's burn center he has already been questioned by the investigators after he underwent an eye surgery now the doctors say there is going to take them up to seven days to determine whether the surgery was successful the artistic director on the bolshoi theater suffered c.v.s. third degree burns to face and his eyes top top and a late on thursday a surrogate feeling was coming back home and on identifying to man wearing a mask through a bolt of right into his face there is also a street surveillance video that captured the exact moment all this unidentified man was quickly leaving the scene apart from the beauty of the art of done so the world off the big valley is tough and since they're first down steps the law i've

done so involves our recent hours of punishing trainings and we have seen dogs in the oscar winning movie black swan how the life of the professional ballets full of infighting and intrigue disturbingly for the people of the bol shorey theater events have taking a sinister and dramatic twist though sergei filling became the artistic director all the bolshoi just in march twenty eleven still some of his colleagues say that most the average thing the theatre was depends upon his decisions on your show the hard people promoted them he distributes the roles decides who gets to go on tours abroad compiles the rehearsal schedules and so forth he's the head of the collective who influences every decision within the company and his opinion carries a lot of joint surrogate feelings also known for his passion towards contemporary

performances and he introduced them on the stage of the bolshoi and now some of his . colics believes that perhaps the disapproval of he is actions might have been one of the reasons behind this attack me and expect that we've been having a lot of contemporary performances recently maybe somebody didn't agree with them but others really did our people receive multiple rules for the productions but nobody should be reacting to something they don't like with such inhumane cruelty so far at the investigators believe the primary reason behind this attack is felons professional activity. following up to on our website and these stories as well right now the u.k. foreign office says british veterans who serve the legendary arctic convoy are not allowed to accept russian medals for bravery. also convicted for the family to machine could get a life sentence extended story could get her of the sentence extended to life on a wire you can unravel it all. at

a hockey. thought but up to twenty seven million people in the world today are caught in some form or other of slavery about eight hundred thousand of being trafficked across borders every year what might surprise you is that one magnet for those exploiting others for sex or forced labor is great britain laura smith investigates why. isn't allowed out wasn't allowed. i was the one doing the claim. to the children. but i wasn't even allowed to take the kids to school i was locked inside the house and i was nowhere in the door side it sounds like something from an eighteenth century workhouse but it's britain today so it was trafficked to this country aged twelve now nineteen she's still too afraid to talk about her experience but the fact that she's played here by an actor doesn't make her horrific story any less real. i was

slapped and right i kept getting the right. things i was like a slave never a time i kept. i kept trying to clean myself up and i kept getting called and she was shouting asking. even in the house is clean i still have to keep playing. eventually sarah's female employer threw her out of the house aged just fourteen with no way of contacting relatives at home she lived on the streets for nine months begging until she eventually found help through pat an international group campaigning against child trafficking it's a story that all too common and it's not just about domestic slavery according to experts many people are trafficked to work on cannabis farms in the u.k. and they're often kept in a perpetual cycle of debt or through fear of repercussions for their families but another sector that says is rife with trafficking victims particularly from asia is

high street nail bars so next time you go for a manicure pedicure ask yourself who serving you and is the skull on that figures from the into departmental ministerial group or human trafficking show it's risen by thirty three percent compared to last year and victims come from all over the world africa europe and the far east. more than two thousand. victims there's a retreat. victims say they were just ten percent that means there were twenty thousand. trafficked into this country huge business. was for organized criminal gangs this is the second most profitable thing to drugs and a lot less chance of getting caught that rice could be because more cases of being reported but chloe setter who works with trafficking victims including sara says it's partly down to a lack of police awareness only eight cases of trafficking were successfully

prosecuted last year trafficking is seen not just in the u.k. but worldwide as a low risk high profit crime those criminals who might have previously been smuggling drugs arms. may now be looking to also children and people because a child can be recycled a human can be recycled the drugs once they're sold they've got to have a one off crime so there's a number of ways of controlling and once that happens they are literally sort of assigned to the task of hospital time unless the authorities do something to intervene antony steen founder of the parliamentary group on trafficking is leading the biggest ever conference on the subject held in britain slavery. a modern day slavery is alive and well and ten times the size of what it was when it was abolished two hundred years ago but prosecution relies heavily on hearsay evidence and testimony and huge numbers of victims like sarah never want to talk about their

experiences again laura smith r.t. london. in brief government of blown up an important oil pipeline in yemen the blast from explosives reportedly planted overnight caused serious damage and halted all transportation in the southern suburbs province a pipeline operated by the korean national company transfers crude oil to export terminals in the gulf of aden which the government blames the blast has frequently attacked oil routes since the ousting of yemen's veteran president. of the lists a layer of the last year so dramatic scenes in from bulgaria the leader of the country nick turkish parties escaped assassination while they were there when a man jumped on the stage and pointed this pistol used for tear gas apparently a politician's head looked pretty real from a distance didn't it no shots were fired the twenty five year old attacker was immediately wrestled to the ground by guards and party members the man was also under two lives party chairman ahmed dorgan later resigned during the conference.

i bet it would tone for the excesses of the holidays than a naked plunge into ice cold water better you than me it's a perfectly for orthodox christians in a day for a breathtaking dip then in line with centuries old tradition i correspond people all over enjoy the full experience. winter temperatures commonly fall below minus fifteen celsius in the russian capital perfect conditions for a swim say this lot they are part of a group who refer to themselves as a walrus club and they believe in the health benefits of taking a few subzero laps yeah she shouldn't lose quite prange colds all my life until i turned sixty when i took up i swimming and i've never had any kind of a cold since then you know as i was acquitted i used to have terrible back pain but it's gone now i'm healed and there were sure a natural part after i took up i swimming i regained my flexibility i could even do a proper like split and that's how it works i recommended to everyone it's the only

existing cure to all illnesses and maybe this isn't a new activity in the tradition of the russian orthodox church will ship is mark the feast of the with a late night submergence into the icy waters symbolizing the baptism of jesus to anyone thinking that they would like to give it a go i do have these woods from my own experience stove and clothes. that say i did provided that the first day i could go out when i read mission so the russian legs aren't cool tell you you're there exerting well i could say i'm feeling very exhilarated right now. the head walrus at this swimming hole is bloody me again a being can he's the chairman of the russian i swimming and cold water treatment federation and insists that no i'm genuine of medical benefits if you're the main way i swimming works for you is through blood circulation driven by cold and struggling to stay warm your body contracts his blood vessels so there's less blood

pumped around the system so where does the excess blood go it goes to the vital organs that is why it's good for the kidneys and liver they are constantly cleansed . blood in me has also trained thrill seekers who want to push the abilities of the human body to the limits. day of holds the record for time spent in icy water. spend sixty minutes in there and i helped him get out of that condition when he could hardly talk he couldn't even say mama he couldn't walk his arms wouldn't move but thirty five minutes later he was recovered and can talk to the press. the russian ice swimming federation has one and a half million members across the country and vladimir it does his best to drum up more supports with his own personal guarantee for years for the little i jumped into a nice hole for the first time thirty four years ago i saw that people who did it are never sick and so i decided to give it a try now look at me fit as

a butcher's dog. well it might not be everybody's idea of a good time but be it for health reasons all for spiritual reasons there's no shortage of people willing to take the plunge. has spoken since you're going to bed with a medicinal sherry and some slippers and. a couple of minutes. program.

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